In the years 1571-1581 he teaches theology in his province and at the same time begins to write his ten volumes of the Commentario to 'Pymander' and 'Asclepius' belonging to the so-called Corpus Hermeticum, the philosophical and theological part of a set of written even astrological, magical and medical, erroneously attributed to the mythical Egyptian god Hermes Trismegistus, ending his fatigue in 1581. The Francescani General Minister, Francesco Gonzaga entrusted him with the mission of the reform of the studies in Poland, Krakow. The book follows a thorough biography and analysis of texts and thought of our ancestor.

Tiberio Rosselli

1490 - 1560

Tiberio Rosselli "from Gimigliano castle of Calabria, most learned philosopher was student of Agostino Nifo and after the master's death, having no equal among all the philosophers of the Kingdom of Naples, began to read publicly philosophy in Salerno, when left to Africa, he was killed by his slave " (G. A. Cappellari Vivaro, Emporio Universale delle Famiglie). In 1519 he proposed to the universities of Bologna, Ferrara, Padua, Parma, Florence and Pisa a true "philosophical debate" based on his 400 theses but only in Florence and Padua they accepted the discussion and in the same year he published a partial defense of his philosophy in Parma, with the title of Apologeticus Adversos Cucullatos, where among other things was "the historical life of Christ as subject to the laws of astrology, the eternity of the world, the non-uniqueness of the flood universal and resurfaced some heretical thesis of Pico della Mirandola (Veronese Caseracciu 1993-94).

Mons. Tiberio Rosselli

1716 - 1793

Ecclesiastical personality of “Famiglia Pontificia” in the eighteenth century; Chamberlain of Pope Benedict XIV and Pope Pius VI; he has a fundamental role in the secret delegations between Vatican and the Reign of Due Sicilie, Ferdinand IV of Borbone, in negotiations for peace. In the Rosselli's archives come down to us, we can read the statement by the Archimandrita of Messina Church, Cardinal Giovanni De Gregorio, countersigned by the Notary Filippo Petrangeli that relies to Mons. Tiberio Rosselli the usufruct of annuities of the Church of St. John and the adjoining Old Hospital in Gimigliano. Given its influence in the upper levels in Vatican, he directs certainly in his favor the dispute with Mons. Troili, Bishop of Catanzaro. In the header of this important document, receiving the blessing by Pope Pius VI, we read how Tiberius is apostrophed as "Dilecto Filio", proof of the high consideration of our ancestor in the Roman Curia.

In our book an accurate biography of this character is reported.

Giacomo Rosselli, Abbot

1744 - 1810

Son of Pietro and Anna Paoletti. He is a valuable Clergy man as reported by the chronicles at the time. Through the documents come-up to us and handed down by Mons. Tiberio Rosselli, Giacomo is Abbot of Santa Maria di Pesaca Abbey, in Taverna (Catanzaro). The parchment dated December 15, 1778, with attached medallion bearing the engraving of the name of Pope Pius VI, reports on the back signature, in Latin"D. Jacobus Rosselli Monasterium ". The parchment is written in Latin “onciale” typical ecclesiastic official documents writing. The influence at the Vatican of Mons. Tiberio Rosselli, Giacomo's uncle, at the time, plays a decisive role in addressing the decision in favour of ancestor; in fact to be assigned a so important responsibility in social, economical and spiritual terms at the time it was not easy.

This important document was handed up by hands to hands during centuries up-to now in ours and we donate to the vision of the people who are interested into it.

Manuscript "Rosselli"

dated second half of XIX century we do not know but only giving a hypothesis about the author and the year of this work.

This manuscript, bound with leather cover, could be datable to the second half of the nineteenth century. Based on the analysis of the booklet and the information in our possession, we believe with some confidence to say that the author of this manuscript may be Federico Guglielmo Rosselli. From the analysis of the text the author has the aim of bringing up the stories of eminent personalities of Gimigliano town starting from Lamannis’ masterpiece, “Miscellanea Patria” and the old story of the origin of the town with the thirty villages.